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COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 26 November 2003

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COARM 14

"I/A" ITEM NOTE

From : Secretariat

To : Permanent Representatives' Committee/Council

Subject : Fifth Annual report according to operative provision 8 of the European Union

Code of Conduct on Arms Exports

1. The European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, adopted by the Council on

8 June 1998, establishes in operative provision 8 that an annual meeting held within the CFSP

framework will, inter alia, review the operation of the Code, identify any improvements

which need to be made and submit to the Council a consolidated report based on contributions

from Member States.

2. The fifth annual meeting under operative provision 8 of the Code of Conduct, held in Brussels

on 28 October 2003, finalised the annexed fifth annual report for submission to the Council

through Coreper.

3. The Permanent Representatives' Committee could therefore suggest that the Council:

- take note of the fifth annual report according to operative provision 8 of the European

Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports;

- order its publication in the Official Journal ("C" series).

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ANNEX

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT ACCORDING TO OPERATIVE PROVISION 8 OF

THE EUROPEAN CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS EXPORTS

INTRODUCTION

The European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports provides for a mechanism of information

exchange and consultation among Member States in order to ensure the convergence of national

export control policies.

Decisions by Member States on practices relating to the Code of Conduct and its application by

Member States are recorded in subsequent annual reports. In the interest of transparency this year's

report, following the precedent set in 2002, has a Compendium of Agreed Practices attached to it,

listing all decisions made by the Working Party in a systematic way. Together with the Code itself

the Compendium gives a comprehensive view of the Code and the way it is applied by Member

States.

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I. REVIEW OF THE FIFTH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE.

The European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports can rightly be considered as the most

comprehensive international arms export control regime. The high number of notified denials and

consultations demonstrates the intense dialogue between Member States , contributing to the

convergence of the policies and procedures on arms exports applicable in the Member States of the

European Union.

The dialogue does not only have an internal dimension between Member States; it also takes place

with non-member states, through troika meetings organized in the framework of the political

dialogue of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union.

In this respect dialogue with the Acceding Countries and Associated Countries has been intensified,

aiming at improving the implementation of the Code of Conduct which these countries have all

accepted in principle. Changes and adaptations are required at the legislative level and in the

training of the officials concerned. The contribution which Member States may offer in this respect

is crucial.

On 28 May 2003 the Czech Republic hosted in Prague the Fourth Informal Experts Meeting on

Arms Exports Policies where issues relating to arms brokering, the implementation of the Code of

Conduct and enforcement issues were discussed. National policies were described and the ways of

implementing the European arms export controls were confronted. Personal contacts among experts

were fostered.

The debate about the possible reinforcement of status of the Code of Conduct by transformation

into Common Position has intensified following the adoption by the Council of Common Position

2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on arms brokering. This issue was echoed in the explanatory

statement of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights and CSFP of the European

Parliament, concerning the Council Fourth Annual Report of the Code of Conduct, which reiterated

the call for the Code to be legally binding, and considered the possibility of it being transposed into

national law. The Working Party examined the legal implications of the possible transformation of

the Code into a Common Position, and is continuing its debate of the issue.

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II. STATE OF PLAY CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITY

MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

HARMONISATION OF NATIONAL REPORTS

The process of harmonisation of reporting procedures has been continued, and further steps towards

fully comparable statistical data have been made. It would appear that changes to national systems

concerning the reporting of arms exports can only be made on the basis of a gradual approach.

Progress has been achieved concerning the list of recipient countries, which now provides a more

comprehensive coverage of the different destinations.

Concerning the statistical data, the Working Party has examined the situation arising from the

inability by some States to provide data on both licences granted and actual exports.

STANDARDISATION OF END USER CERTIFICATES

Having defined the core elements which should appear on an end-user certificate when it is required

by a Member State, in connection with the export of items included in the “Common list of military

equipment”, Member States continued to examine ways to further standardise such certificates.

In this respect , the set of compulsory details has been enlarged and additional elements to be

included have been discussed.

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ARMS BROKERING

In June 2003, following final approval by the COARM Working Party, the Council adopted a

Common Position on the control of arms brokering. The joint commitment is a formal confirmation

of some of the agreed practices listed in the appendix of the Fourth Annual Report. It also contains

some criteria and definitions which Member States are to include in their national brokering

legislation.

For brokering activities, a licence or written authorisation should be obtained from the authorities

where activities take place, and, where required by national legislation, where the broker is resident

or established. Member States will assess applications for a licence or written authorisation for

specific brokering transactions against the provisions of the European Union Code of Conduct on

Arms Exports.

Member States may also require brokers to obtain a written authorisation to act as brokers; they

may also establish a register of arms brokers. Registration or authorisation to act as a broker would

in any case not replace the requirement to obtain the necessary licence or written authorisation for

each transaction.

The Working Party has further agreed that the Common Position should be implemented via the

mechanism laid down in the Code of Conduct. However, not all Member States have a legislation

on brokering already in place; it has therefore been suggested that a notification and consultation

system should operate on a mandatory basis only for those Member States that have the required

laws.

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IMPROVING THE DENIAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM

The circulation of denials is one of the most important ways through which the aims of Member

States' export control policies, and the convergence of those policies, can be achieved. To this end,

a “User’s guide”, intended to clarify Member States' responsibilities in this area, and lead to

enhanced exchange of information,.has been agreed by the Working Party, The Guide will not

replace the Code of Conduct, but gives guidance on interpreting its operative provisions with regard

to the definition of a denial, the notification procedure and the information it should contain, the

revocation of a denial notification, and procedures for consultations. It is intended for use primarily

by licensing officials.

The creation of a central denial database for export licence denials has been decided, setting up a

resource for all Member States to use, in order to search for specific denials.

PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA OF THE CODE AMONG NON

MEMBER COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Code of Conduct, its aims and procedures are constantly presented and proposed in the

framework of political dialogue with non-member states and international organizations.

In this respect, the COARM Working Party has agreed in principle to share information on denials

on an aggregate basis with selected non-member countries. Each decision in this respect will be

taken on a case-by-case basis, inter alia any mutual obligations with the country or countries

involved which might arise are currently under examination.

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III. FURTHER QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY THE COARM WORKING PARTY IN

CONNECTION WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT

EU COMMON LIST OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT

A new and updated version of the EU Common military list has been approved (the last one dating

back to June 2000). In the new version the same numbering system is used as in the Wassenaar

Arrangement Munitions List. This new version of the EU list takes into account the Wassenaar

Arrangement list. Member States have agreed that future amendment of the Wassenaar

Arrangement Munitions List will not automatically entail amendment of the EU Common List. The

list has been submitted to the Council and will be publsihed in the "C" Series of the Official

Journal.

IMPLEMENTATION OF CRITERION 8 OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT

A survey was initiated focusing on specific guidelines to assist Member States in applying the

criterion, and which Ministries or Government Agencies are involved in this work. Other points that

are currently being debated concern the indicators used to carry out the assessment required under

criterion 8, which should take account of both the conditions prevailing in the importing country

and the potential impact of the export, and the sources of information.

PRIORITY GUIDELINES FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

Five years of application of the Code of Conduct have shown that the fundamental elements of a

common approach to the control of conventional arms exports by the Member States may be

considered to be in place. However, there is still work to be done in certain areas that have not been

addressed in the past, or where further work is necessary to consolidate and build on the results

achieved.

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The Member States have identified the following priority guidelines for the near future:

1. Continuation of the process of harmonisation of national reports in order to produce clearer,

more transparent summary tables;

2. Follow up of the implementation of the Common Position on arms brokering, taking into

account the different situations of the national legislation;

3. Consideration of ways to control the electronic transfer of software and technology

associated with equipment on the Common List;

4. Continuation of the policy of promoting the principles and criteria of the Code of Conduct

among third countries;

5. Provision of practical and technical assistance, when requested, for the Acceding Countries,

in order to ensure the harmonisation of policies on arms export control and the full

implementation of the Code of Conduct principles and criteria;

6. Full implementation of the simplified rules contained in the “User’s Guide” and ensuring its

full implementation, including the central denials data base.

7. Development of dialague with the European Parliament;

8. Development of relations with third countries which have aligned themselves with the Code

of Conduct.

9. Review of the Code of Conduct

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COMPENDIUM OF MEMBER STATES AGREED PRACTICES WITHIN THE

FRAMEWORK OF THE CODE OF

CONDUCT

I. INTRODUCTION

Since the adoption of the Code of Conduct in 1998, the Member States of the European Union have

agreed on a number of practices relating to the Code and its operative provisions with a view to

clarifying, detailing and sometimes broadening the scope of the Code's principles and operative

provisions.

Agreed practices have been reported in the annual reports on the operation of the Code of Conduct

by Member States.

This compendium gathers them in a systematic way and will be updated and published on a yearly

basis as an annex to the annual report. Together with the Code itself the compendium provides a

transparent and comprehensive view of the Code of Conduct and its application by Member States.

The compendium contains two parts. The first concerns general practices related to the operation of

the Code and the second, practices linked to specific operative provisions of the Code. The year of

publication in the annual reports is indicated in brackets. The Compendium does not cover issues

under discussion or identified as priorities for future discussions.

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II. GENERAL PRACTICES RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE CODE OF

CONDUCT

1. Export of equipment for humanitarian purposes

The issue of the desirability of allowing exports of controlled equipment for humanitarian purposes

in circumstances that might otherwise lead to a denial on the basis of the Code of Conduct has been

addressed by the COARM Working Party. In post-conflict areas, certain types of controlled

equipment can make important contributions to the safety of the civilian population and to

economic reconstruction. Member States have come to the conclusion that such exports are not

inconsistent with the EU Code of Conduct. These exports, like all others, must be dealt with on a

case-by-case basis, taking full account of the criteria set out in the Code. Member States will require

adequate safeguards against misuse of such exports and, where appropriate, provisions for

repatriation of the equipment (2001).

2. Control of arms brokering activities

In the context of the implementation of the Code of Conduct, the issue of arms brokering was raised

and was discussed on several occasions by COARM. In accordance with the intention expressed in

the second annual report, Member States have continued and deepened their discussions on the

procedures for monitoring arms brokering activities. To this end, they have reached agreement on a

set of guidelines for controlling brokering that could be a basis for national legislation.

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Residents and entities within the EU must be prevented from engaging in arms transfer activities

circumventing national, European Union, United Nations or OSCE embargoes or export criteria of

the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports; it is also desirable to establish the necessary tools for

information exchange on both licit and illicit brokering activities, thereby enhancing cooperation

within the EU with a view to preventing and combating arms trafficking. The controls should cover

the activities of persons and entities that act as agents, traders or brokers in negotiating or arranging

transactions that involve the transfer of arms and military equipment from one foreign country to

another. These measures will also establish a clear framework for legitimate brokering activities.

In order to prevent loopholes stemming from different national approaches and to facilitate the work

of Member States wishing to develop or further elaborate national regulations, some suggestions for

controls on arms brokers were evaluated and the following conclusions were drawn.

For transactions involving the activities of buying and selling (where the arms or military

equipment enter into the legal possession of the arms-brokering agent) or mediating (without direct

acquisition of property), a licence or written authorisation should be obtained from the competent

authorities in the Member State where the brokering activities take place or where the brokers are

resident or legally established. Such licence applications should be assessed on a case-by-case basis

against the criteria of the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports.

Additionally, Member States should seriously consider registering brokers or requiring them to

obtain a written authorisation from the competent authorities of the Member State where they are

resident or established. In the assessment of an application for authorisation to act as a broker,

records of involvement in illicit activities should be taken into account. Such a system of

registration or authorisation should not be construed as implying any form of official approval of

brokering activities, a fact that is made clear also by the maintenance of a system of individual or

global licences authorising transactions.

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Legal controls in this important area should be supported by effective penalties. Member States

could exchange information on legislation, registered brokers and brokers who have a history of

proven involvement in illicit activities and could continue discussions in the COARM Working

Party to further define, inter alia, possible criteria for the assessment of applications to register as a

broker or obtain authorisation to act as a broker (2001).

In the framework of COARM, Member States have collected and discussed relevant data

concerning the control of brokering in their respective national legislation. Member States have

discussed ways of strengthening the political commitment to control arms brokering both among

Member States and in a wider context (2002).

COARM agreed on a draft Common Position on the control of arms brokering, which was adopted

by Council on 23 June 2003 (Common Position 2003/468/CFSP on the control of arms brokering)

(2003).

3. Intangible transfers of technology

COARM endorsed the importance of considering effective legal controls on electronic transfers of

the software and technology associated with items on the common list, which is already done in

certain Member States. It agreed to pursue its deliberations on this issue, taking into consideration

the work done in the dual-use area (2001).

4. Transit

In those cases where Member States require a licence for transit or transhipment of any of the goods

on the European Union Common List, the criteria of the European Union Code of Conduct on arms

exports should be duly taken into consideration by Member States when deciding on applications

for such licences (2002).

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5. Production of military goods under licence

Concerned by the consequences of uncontrolled flows and destabilising accumulations of arms and

other military equipment, and the proliferation of the technology and means to produce such

equipment, the EU has adopted measures to consolidate and strengthen controls on arms exports, to

promote international cooperation in this area and as a contribution to the prevention of conflicts. In

this respect the EU recognises the special responsibility of arms exporting States. Recalling the EU

Code of Conduct on arms exports of 8 June 1998, Member States have agreed that, when

considering licence application for the exports of controlled technology or goods for the purposes of

production overseas of equipment on the Common List of military equipment, account will be taken

of the potential use of the finished product in the country of production and of the risk that the

finished product might be diverted or exported to an undesirable end-user (2002).

III. PRACTICES RELATED TO THE OPERATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF

CONDUCT

Operative Provision 3

EU Member States will circulate, through diplomatic channels, details of licences refused in

accordance with the Code of Conduct for military equipment together with an explanation of why

the licence has been refused. The details to be notified are set out in the form of a draft proforma at

Annex A. Before any Member State grants a licence which has been denied by another Member

State or States for an essentially identical transaction within the last three years, it will first consult

the Member State or States which issued the denial(s). If following consultations, the Member State

nevertheless decides to grant a licence, it will notify the Member State or States issuing the

denial(s), giving a detailed explanation of its reasoning. The decision to transfer or deny the

transfer of any item of military equipment will remain at the national discretion of each Member

State. A ‘denial of a licence’ is understood to take place when the Member State has refused to

authorise the actual sale or physical export of the item of military equipment concerned, where a

sale would otherwise have come about, or the conclusion of the relevant contract. For these

purposes, a notifiable denial may, in accordance with national procedures, include denial of

permission to start negotiations or a negative response to a formal initial enquiry about a specific

order.

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1. Denial notifications and consultations

A serial number indicating the country of origin and the number of the denial will be introduced for

denial notifications (accompanied by the Community acronym of the Member State concerned and

indication of the year).

Denials still subject to appeal under national procedures will be notified under the Code of Conduct

with an indication to that effect.

Decisions to revoke extant licences will be dealt with in the same way as refusals of licence

applications.

Denial notifications that have been circulated in the international export control regimes will also be

circulated as Code of Conduct denial notifications if relevant to the scope of the Code.

A period of two to four weeks, from the date the request for consultations has been received is

established for the consultation procedure envisaged in operative paragraph 3 of the Code, unless a

different time period is agreed upon between the parties concerned.

When an arms embargo is lifted, denials solely based on the embargo will expire unless they are

renewed by the denying country within a period of one month on the basis of other criteria of the

Code.

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Denial notifications should include the following particulars:

- country of destination;

- full description of the goods concerned (with their matching common list number);

- buyer (specifying whether the buyer is a government agency, police, army, navy, air force,

or paramilitary force, or whether it concerns a private natural or legal person and, if denial is

based on criterion 7, the name of the natural or legal person);

- description of the end-use;

- reasons for denial (these should include not only the number(s) of the criteria, but also the

elements on which the assessment is based);

- date of the denial (or information on the date when it takes effect unless it is already in

force).

A denial of a licence for a transaction deemed essentially identical to a transaction already subject

to a denial notified by another Member State should also be notified.

The consulting State should always provide feedback on its final decision to the notifying State,

irrespective of whether that decision is to grant or deny a licence.

On denials issued more than three years previously, even though the obligation to consult ends after

three years, as laid down in the Code of Conduct, such a denial does not expire but could be the

subject of exchanges of information (2000).

2. Dialogue on undercuts

Licensing cases in which denial consultations lead to a positive decision could be of particular use

in enhancing the dialogue on the interpretation of the criteria of the Code and thus in promoting

convergence in the field of conventional arms exports.

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Such cases might be based on developments concerning the destination in question and/or highlight

different interpretations of the criteria. Member States deciding an undercut therefore agree to

share, to the extent compatible with national considerations and on a confidential basis, information

on the undercut decision not only (as specified in the operative provisions) with the State

responsible for the relevant denial, but, in the context of COARM deliberations, with all Member

States (2001).

3. The concept of "Essentially identical transactions"

Discussion within COARM has led to the following common approach:

Daily operation of the Code's denial mechanism will result in an accumulation of experience that

will provide the basis for a clear understanding of what is meant by an "essentially identical

transaction".

This process will be facilitated by the adoption of a comprehensive approach to assessing

transactions, and by initially using a broad interpretation of the concept of "essentially identical".

The resulting consultation will provide the experience needed to gradually evolve a more precise

definition of the term.

In order to accelerate the process further, the consulting Member State will, to the extent compatible

with national considerations and on a confidential basis, endeavour to share with other EU Member

States, in the context of COARM deliberations, information on the occasions in which consultations

result in the conclusion that two transactions are not essentially identical. According to the logic of

the consultation mechanism, these cases are not considered as undercuts (2000).

Operative provision 4

EU Member States will keep such denials and consultations confidential and not to use them for

commercial advantage.

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1. Confidentiality in consultations

Member States have looked at the arrangements for the consultation procedures and, in particular,

problems relating to the necessary confidentiality of such contacts, which should not, however,

thwart the objective of transparency underlying the Code of Conduct (2000).


EU Member States will work for the early adoption of a common list of military equipment covered

by the Code, based on similar national and international lists. Until then, the Code will operate on

the basis of national control lists incorporating, where appropriate, elements from relevant

international lists.

1. The Common List

The common list of military equipment was adopted by the Council on 13 June 2000 and published

in the Official Journal of 8 July 2000. The Council decided to publicise the list in accordance with

the principle of wide-ranging transparency underlying the Code.

Member States will now use the common list's references in denial notifications (with retroactive

effect for earlier denial notifications), thereby clarifying and simplifying their information

exchanges on these matters.

Denials on items subject to national controls by Member States, but not included in the above-

mentioned list, will continue to be notified to all Member States. Member States that do not control

these items will inform others.

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The common list of military equipment has the status of a political commitment in the framework of

the Common Foreign and Security Policy. In this sense, all Member States have made a political

commitment to ensure that their national legislation enables them to control the export of all the

goods on the list. The common list of military equipment will act as reference point for Member

States' national military equipment lists, but will not directly replace them.

Since the list has an evolutionary character, Member States will continue updating it on a regular

basis within the COARM Working Party.

Member States have made it known that they would endorse efforts for any items from the common

list of military equipment which are not contained in the Wassenaar list, to be put forward for

consideration within the Wassenaar Arrangement. (2000)

COARM agreed that Presidencies should periodically convene special meetings (at technical expert

level) with a view to deciding on the possible update of the EU common list in order to take account

of modifications of the WA list and coordinating Member States' positions and agreeing on possible

common proposals for modifications of the WA list (2002).

COARM agreed on an updated version of the common list to be published in the "C" series of the

Official Journal, which takes into account changes agreed within the Wassennar Arrangement since

publication of the EU Common List in July 2000 (2003).

2. Controlling exports of non-military and police equipment

COARM undertook to draw up a common list of non-military security and police equipment, the

export of which should be monitored in accordance with criterion two of the code ‘Respect for

human rights in the country of final destination’. The Commission has now announced a proposal

for a Community mechanism for controlling exports ofnon-military equipment that may be used for

internal repression (2001).

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The Commission presented a proposal for a Council Regulation concerning trade in equipment and

products which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading

treatment or punishment (COM(2002) 770 final of 30 December 2002). The proposal is presently

being examined by the Trade Questions Working Party (2003).


In order to maximise the efficiency of this Code, EU Member States will work within the framework

of the CFSP to reinforce their cooperation and to promote their convergence in the field of

conventional arms exports.

1. Appeal procedures

The COARM Working Party discussed possible appeal procedures relating to exports of military

equipment (2001).

2. End-user certificates

Member States agreed on a common core of elements that should be found in an end user certificate

when it is required by a Member State, concerning the export of goods included in the common list

of military equipment. They also identified an additional set of elements, which might also be

required in accordance with their national legislation.

The following are the minimal details to be set out in an end-user certificate:

- exporter's details, at least name, address and business name,

- end-user's details, at least name, address and business name. In the case of an export to a

firm which resells the goods on the local market, the firm will be regarded as the end-user,

- final destination country,

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- a description of the goods being exported (type, characteristics), or reference to the contract

concluded with the authorities of the final destination country,

- quantity and/or value of the exported goods,

- signature, name and position of the end-user,

- the date of the end-user certificate,

- end-use and/or non re-export clause. (2002)

- indication of the end-use of the goods (2003)

Moreover, in accordance with their national legislation, Member States can require, inter alia:

- a clause prohibiting re-export of the goods covered in the end-user certificate. Such a clause

could, among other things:

- contain a pure and simple ban on re-export;

- provide that re-export will be subject to agreement in writing of the authorities of the

original exporting country;

- allow for re-export without the prior authorisation of the authorities of the exporting

country, to certain countries identified in the end-user certificate,

- an undertaking, where appropriate, that the goods being exported will not be used for

purposes other than the declared use,

- an undertaking, where appropriate, that the goods will not be used in the development,

production or use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or for missiles capable of

delivering such weapons,

- full details, where appropriate, of the intermediary,

- if the end-user certificate comes from the government of the destination country of the

goods, the certificate will be authenticated by the authorities of the exporting country in

order to check the authenticity of the signature and the capacity of the signatory to make

commitments on behalf of their government (2002).

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3. Member States' Coordination

Coordination within the European Union was exemplary at the United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons held in New York from 9 to 20 July 2001, where the

European Union was the only group of States to submit an overall plan of action.

The EU also established a high profile at the Conference's preparatory committee meetings where it

showed no hesitation in clearly articulating its ambitions in this area with one voice (that of the

Presidency) (2001).


Each EU Member State will circulate to other EU Partners, in confidence, an annual report on its

defence exports and on its implementation of the Code. These reports will be discussed at an annual

meeting held within the framework of the CFSP. The meeting will also review the operation of the

Code, identify any improvements which need to be made and submit to the Council a consolidated

report, based on contributions from Member States.

1. Harmonisation of national reports

Member States agreed that the public report will provide data, broken down by recipient country, on

the number and value of licences granted and the value of actual exports (if available). It will also

provide the total number of denials issued by each Member State and the total number of denials by

all Member States for each recipient country and indicate the criteria invoked for denials and the

number of times these criteria were invoked (2002).


EU Member States will, as appropriate, assess jointly through the CFSP framework the situation of

potential or actual recipients of arms exports from EU Member States, in the light of the principles

and criteria of the Code of Conduct.

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1. Consultations within COARM

Any individual case of arms exports can be raised for discussion by delegations in the COARM

Working Group, if it is considered to be useful for national licensing deliberations (1999).

Member States continue to exchange information on national interpretations of embargoes imposed

by the United Nations, the European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in

Europe.

Member States also concert on national policies to control arms exports to certain embargo-free

countries or regions that are being closely monitored (existence of an internal or external conflict,

human rights situation, etc.) (2000).

2. The Development of exchanges of information on national control policies for the export of

arms to certain countries or regions regarded as requiring special vigilance

A substantial body of denials, notified in the framework of the mechanism of the Code, is the

concrete basis for such exchanges. The exchanges have also been supplemented by exchanges of

views and information amongst all Member States undertaken on a regular and systematic basis

within COARM, focusing on specific countries and regions (2001).


EU Member States will use their best endeavours to encourage other arms exporting States to

subscribe to the principles of this Code of Conduct.

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1. Third Countries

Non-EU countries which have declared their adherence to the principles and criteria of the Code,

and which have become involved in the restructuring of the European defence industry, shall be

allowed to gain access to the evolving interpretation of the Code's principles and criteria. This shall

not entail access to information made available in the course of the procedures referred to in the

operative provisions of the Code.

The European Union and the Member States continue to encourage other arms-exporting countries

to subscribe to the principles of the Code (2001).

The Code of Conduct was a primary subject of all political dialogue consultations with non-member

States.

Consultations are ongoing with the United States of America on ways to follow-up on the

December 2000 Declaration by the European Union and the United States of America on the

responsibility of States and on transparency regarding arms exports (2002).

2. Involvement of third countries

Member States agreed to share information on denials on an aggregate basis with Associated

Countries and encourage these countries to similarly inform Member States about their denials. This

information will be shared through the Presidency and contain the following details: country of

destination, short description of equipment and military list rating of items, classification of end-

user as government agency or private entity, and reasons for refusal (criteria of the EU Code of

Conduct) (2002).

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Annex to the ANNEX DG E WMD EN

Annex to the ANNEX

Information on conventional arms exports and implementation of the Code of Conduct by the

Member States over the period 1 January to 31 December 2002

Statistics are compiled differently by each Member State; no uniform standard is

used. Consequently, owing to current procedures in the area of arms export controls or data

protection legislation, not all countries have been able to submit the same information

The attached tables contain the following information:

TABLE A

- Country by country breakdowns for each Member State1 2: (a) = number of licences

issued, (b) = value of licences issued in Euros (if available), (c) = value of arms exports

in Euros (if available) (Totals per region are shown in bold)

1 To make the table more readable, nil values and/or the mention “not available” are omitted.

2 NB

(i) Concerning Austrian exports: Under a) all licences issued by the Austrian authorities are

indicated, under b) the value of licences issued for all items listed on the “Common List

of Military equipment covered by the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports” other than

“war material”. Under c) there is the overall value of exports of “war material”.

(ii) Concerning the Netherlands, exports to the Netherlands: These licences concern exports

of components from the Netherlands to third countries for integration in weapon sytems

which have been purchased by the Dutch armed forces in these countries. The final

destination of these components was therefore the Netherlands.

(iii) Concerning Swedish exports:

1. The value (b+c) has been converted from Swedish Kronor to Euros. For the more

exact value, see the Swedish national report.

2. In cases where only 1 or 2 licences (a) have been granted to a recipient country, an

approximate total value is given.

(iv) Concerning French exports: the difference between the total value of licences issued and

the addition of the values indicated is due to licences granted to destinations not

members of the United Nations and to French overseas territories.

(v) Concerning the United Kingdom's exports: some licences issued specify more than one

destination country. This means that the total numbers of licences approved and refused

is lower than the sum of all licences approved and refused in the entries for each

destination country and region.

14712/1/03 REV 1 25


- Total exports per Member State and total EU exports to each destination: (a) = number

of licences issued, (b) = value of licences issued in Euros (if available), (c) = value of

arms exports in Euros (if available), (d) = number of licence refusals, (e) = criteria

numbers on which refusals are based (the approximate number of times each criterion

is invoked is indicated in brackets). Discrepancies in the grand totals per region and the

grand totals per Member State are explained in footnotes 2(iv) and 2 (v), which might

also be applicable for several Member States

TABLE B

Total number of consultations initiated and total number of consultations received by each

Member State

TABLE C

Internet addresses for national reports on arms exports

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TABLE A1

Member States

Regions Coutries

Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland

North Africa a 18 9 100 17 1

b 940159 1644245 1012136096 24242214 127000

c 102000

Algeria a 2 4 5 6

b 36454 336327 16373818 10531794

Morocco a 2 1 68 5 1

b 697600 200000 992954047 4547014 127000

c 102000

Tunisia a 14 4 27 6

b 206105 1107918 2808231 9163406

Sub-Saharan Africa a 63 18 1 3 149 246 1 6

b 2725994 1905670 1055000 80598 189147834 26019293 138200 439038

c 559000 59248

Angola a 1

b 44994

Benin a 1 1 1

b 610 15161 946

Botswana a 1 5 6 16

b 1371004 19914874 1536955

Burkina Faso a 1

b 91782

Cameroon a 2 2 17

b 3607 300643 1672835

Chad a 1

b 229126

1 This table exists in English only

14712/1/03 REV 1 27


Member States

Regions Coutries


Congo (Republic of) a 1

b 426157

Congo (Dem. Republic

of)

a 1 1

b 22841 2301

Djibouti a 3

b 599361

Eritrea a 1

b 110830

Ethiopia a 1 4 1

b 17520 5216123 1790

Gabon a 6 8 2

b 675032 20594009 740

Ghana a 1 4

b 32014 1016572

Ivory Coast a 5 1

b 1008625 883

Kenya a 2 1 4 1

b 9090 841000 11550 48340

c 114000

Malawi a 9 2

b 353213 2368

Mali a 1

b 20854

Mauritania a 4

b 4289

Mauritius a 1 6

b 8148 121758

Namibia a 6 28

b 149639 329498

Nigeria a 1 1 1 5 1

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Member States

Regions Coutries


b 660000 65672 63006 1675910 357000

c 365000

Senegal a 4 1

b 92906 3190

South Africa a 32 7 1 3 72 110 1 2

b 1104610 136752 1055000 80598 137372405 21220637 138200 2000

c 53000 59248

Tanzania a 7 1 48

b 84207 18964 14059

c 27000

Togo a 4

b 296441

Zambia a 1 19 2

b 18000 45270 31698

Zimbabwe a 2 1

b 167220 800

North America a 76 41 10 344 1208 12 15

b 166919469 48966000 2066051 324763027 715401854 19986200 2795865

c 1660246

Canada a 12 49 2 4 61 272 1

b 2119658 140256121 537000 1077500 17502403 30091278 9135

c 117446000 13635

United States a 64 142 39 6 283 936 12 14

b 164799811 218339411 48429000 988551 307260624 685310576 19986200 2786730

c 11898000 1646611

Central America and

the Carribean

a 34 1 39 29

b 1142713 169004 35054738 1699679

c 0

Barbados a 3 1

b 26138 488

14712/1/03 REV 1 29


Member States

Regions Coutries


Belize a 1 1

b 9208 2156

Costa Rica a 3 5

b 36460 5450

Cuba a 2

b 25254

Dominican Republic a 4 6

b 477812 2427770

c 165000

El Salvador a 1 5 1 1

b 6537 435654 125184 1200

Guatemala a 2

b 34860

Haiti a 1

b 225650

Honduras a 1 1

b 18249 1005

Jamaica a 3 4 1

b 21399 168639 892

Mexico a 3 8 1 38 10

b 183394 7062403 169004 34929554 1433958

c 4038000 0

Nicaragua a 1

b 27381

Panama a 4

b 221316

c 28000

Saint Lucia a 3

b 47448

Trinidad and Tobago a 3 1 8

b 7257 47984 28880

14712/1/03 REV 1 30


Member States

Regions Coutries


South America a 87 61 1 284 162 2 1

b 8422140 39846794 14232 267267281 56408212 860500 4920

c 24329000 19476

Argentina a 9 2 25 15

b 365502 25640 6959160 7342593

c 109000

Bolivia a 2 8

b 11062 6824

Brazil a 21 24 93 48 1

b 561416 7129638 192336866 23780355 396100

c 3343000

Chile a 15 23 1 94 74

b 106215 2013141 14232 19580436 18608428

c 653000 19476

Colombia a 1 15 2 1 1

b 25428 2610878 3000000 464400 4920

Ecuador a 16 5 34 5

b 67853 85463 14276603 441376

c 138000

Paraguay a 1

b 1545

Peru a 8 1 6 3

b 83185 3579 1086739 2035464

c 4000

Suriname a 1 1

b 6251 477245

c 290000

Uruguay a 2 3

b 8452 513642

Venezuela a 11 6 17 3

b 7185231 20446882 30416599 202285

14712/1/03 REV 1 31


Member States

Regions Coutries


c 19792000

Central Asia a 3 14 54

b 289864 23029456 1069830

c

Kazakhstan a 2 10 51

b 289300 16633540 1062824

Kyrgyzstan a 1

b 2850

Turkmenistan a 2

b 4156

Uzbekistan a 1 4

b 564 6395916

North East Asia a 33 14 6 5 251 350 1

b 2346614 16300929 2154000 265635 355313143 113270109 465290

c 3269000 65179

China (Mainland) a 3 73 1

b 2025925 105431246 10

China (Hong Kong) a 12 6

b 63948 35394

China (Macao) a 4

b 30975

Korea (Democratic

Republic of)

a 5 4 3 2 96 148

b 143918 3929126 625000 54244 215581835 83521584

c 54244

Japan a 2 7 3 3 82 153

b 10475 3776963 1529000 211391 34300062 13022441

c 10935

Mongolia a 8

b 27541

Taiwan a 7 3 34 1

14712/1/03 REV 1 32


Member States

Regions Coutries


b 71373 8594840 16663139 465290

c 3269000

South East Asia a 160 49 5 4 266 351 8 5

b 7228771 62208669 4000 357957 176742103 125987050 1501500 12458291

c 7175000 1202978

Brunei a 4 15 30 5

b 209324 791476 14884105 313168

c 4458000

East Timor a 1 1

b 1985 187591

Indonesia a 2 1 19 4

b 2323 2000 37150042 225444

Laos a 1

b 812

Malaysia a 21 8 1 77 39

b 237088 5283033 247968 37661084 23048778

c 1096000 0

Philippines a 12 5 5 4 1

b 317645 4787019 1533265 383785 1023000

c 33000

Singapore a 24 9 4 0 109 135 4

b 5202863 50424050 2000 0 76634092 96136733 12432521

c 168000 1101221

Thailand a 96 11 3 19 162 7

b 1257543 735500 109989 8621011 5112114 478400

c 1420000 101757

Vietnam a 7 1 1

b 258504 766216 25770

South Asia a 48 11 1 788 148

b 882427 58707733 22000 610959730 108648740

c 6667000

14712/1/03 REV 1 33


Member States

Regions Coutries


Afghanistan a 1 1 4

b 8600 22000 1102858

Bangladesh a 1 52

b 40149 721558

Bhutan a 1

b 303

India a 44 6 519 87

b 841824 21911606 369205640 106084562

c 4501000

Maldives a 1 1

b 40477 32380

c 38000

Nepal a 1 1 2 2

b 25937400 97737 482365

c 2128000

Pakistan a 1 2 267 1

b 151 10909650 241656353 225000

Sri Lanka a 1

b 17

European Union a 68 416 68 64 1841 4071 18 17

b 7701 366386449 34306000 46282500 1869726162 1363607879 9427600 10183575

c 28418000 42009369

Austria a 13 3 32 320 1

b 5275448 347684 6339139 16972803 150700

c 1613000 171021

Belgium a 9 2 2 136 261 1

b 3394000 202500 68262996 51099079 3749000

c 10844

Denmark a 9 2 39 147

b 4148349 202500 44495931 95245945

c 220000 4446

14712/1/03 REV 1 34


Member States

Regions Coutries


Denmark (Greenland) a 9

b 29335

Finland a 3 4 1 50 87 1

b 667779 154000 29313486 43109288 93588

c 4000

France a 7 82 8 5 477 2 1

b 114698922 2929000 288268 105459621 60000 2290

c 1743000 50160

France (New Caledonia) a 3 9

b 1040 30432

Germany a 9 137 22 6 228 10 4

b 167796364 4445000 1502615 177311822 5315800 4566550

c 1914000 1272180

Greece a 6 11 4 4 241 150 2

b 43770551 1129000 255053 519028465 266202434 3244500

c 1587000 158234

Ireland a 2 1 1 4 15 23

b 182683 54000 278371 4922525 3231193

c 186000 69878

Italy a 6 24 1 9 205 526 1

b 4451339 761000 3267897 201568121 78591950 114600

c 2488000 988112

Luxembourg a 5 2 4 59

b 202500 68044 6838338

c 904000 29481

Netherlands a 7 5 5 79 539

b 6240000 271762 44010812 219665094

c 3760000 23647

Netherlands (Netherlands

Antilles

a 1 1

b 6661 23420

14712/1/03 REV 1 35


Member States

Regions Coutries


Portugal a 1 4 3 88 35 1

b 3649752 209005 83661724 7738263 9000

c 1301000 6505

Spain a 3 22 2 4 224 465

b 1486515 146000 365576 238588335 232291839

c 547000 16142

Sweden a 2 42 8 10 118 270 4

b 4207722 2596000 38589756 49790925 109050097 1708297

c 3545000 39133978

United Kingdom a 4 68 14 5 382 693 2 5

b 16051025 12468000 299013 402363837 128028748 8500 568350

c 8606000 74741

Other European

countries

a 842 91 38 56 482 3725 8 12

b 32116708 18549123 25659000 8130926 807064406 358090729 17647500 3984650

c 5706000 3363940

Albania a 2

b 75596

Andorra a 2 1 29

b 13285 19153 304877

Armenia a 1

b 8779

Azerbaijan a 2 1 1 1

b 31897 0 256812 21200

Belarus a 8 1 28

b 11838 3082 361629

Bosnia and Herzegovina a 6 1

b 603645 15750

Bulgaria a 34 2 3 31

b 3507289 24208 48680 511977

c 7320

14712/1/03 REV 1 36


Member States

Regions Coutries


Croatia a 50 4 24 1

b 3796840 1248670 687708 11100

Cyprus a 3 4 48 2 7

b 2120 90815 111319525 2399 17528900

c 68000

Czech Republic a 56 7 9 47 382

b 2942842 707862 3240053 13831534 8932178

c 37000 353728

Estonia a 7 1 4 39

b 86375 12000 444420 851922

c 37000 48920

Georgia a 28 1 1

b 25086 1191 15000

Holy See a 1

b 1500000

Hungary a 28 1 2 14 152

b 855766 196000 202500 7512210 9531678

Iceland a 4 1 3 27

b 24506 500 215500 33675

c 4400

Latvia a 16 5 1 68

b 633520 257716 92020 2092388

c 44349

Liechtenstein a 1 11

b 202500 83034

Lithuania a 11 2 6 4 73

b 549742 8613000 327838 1481702 25681410

c 3000 89991

Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

a 9 1 1

b 133969 4200 22250

14712/1/03 REV 1 37


Member States

Regions Coutries


Malta a 5 1

b 140210 5710

c 41000

Moldavia a 3 1

b 247160 587

Norway a 12 32 27 5 72 396

b 3823092 7935602 15368000 1294284 120188198 30034055

c 1562000 25597

Poland a 29 3 4 47 274

b 468672 1755935 621568 88812833 49949818

c 98782

Romania a 66 1 19 123

b 314474 6125 5007578 1121985

Russian Federation a 134 16 258

b 2657424 6419070 7718091

Slovakia a 76 1 1 4 6 122

b 2160298 120 47000 254800 1043541 2476414

c 458505

Slovenia a 117 4 3 4 6 132

b 4284167 2015175 725000 393655 545261 12786431

c 35000 1748511

St Marino a 3 25

b 3416 41904

Switzerland a 60 18 3 7 130 1140 6

b 3355547 2333351 444000 651884 178949243 77310365 620100

c 639000 483837

Turkey a 27 16 1 54 272 2

b 651969 3443294 450000 269907351 123999861 3304000

c 3284000

Ukraine a 6 3 102

b 31598 483698 1589252

14712/1/03 REV 1 38


Member States

Regions Coutries


Serbia and Montenegro a 42 2 8 1 1

b 815796 30000 189619 118500 6000

Middle East a 170 92 1 8 1080 648 12 10

b 9819860 201673795 3000 1784718 5314753534 243443773 2568500 1353950

c 75350000 5435532

Bahrain a 3 1 19 3

b 3470 875088 5798114 5739

Egypt a 38 7 1 0 168 114

b 470400 16528977 3000 0 101461442 12583495

c 112000 4418263

Iran a 4 11 1

b 338081 14640516 2985

Iraq a 1

b 926500

Israel a 5 17 198 157 7

b 4286315 13641937 32712931 159988679 1271500

Jordan a 8 9 1 38 4 1

b 90483 708792 126630 5965324 156313 140000

c 512000 126930

Kuwait a 14 6 1 51 26 1

b 129232 1465280 9166 34235725 1691225 663000

c 485000 0

Lebanon a 4 7 1 2 8

b 258592 1265397 195456 374000 424465

c 468000

Oman a 51 12 54 187

b 165844 276081 138409457 2175008

c 998000

Palestinian controlled

territories

a 1

b 238622

14712/1/03 REV 1 39


Member States

Regions Coutries


Qatar a 14 2 110 13

b 60350 21319 54541021 398643

c 1096000

Saudi Arabia a 4 11 2 132 59

b 2632805 155341131 756975 1927234021 26522870

c 43927000 883139

Syria a 2 2 2 1

b 284975 799933 9649 120000

United Arab Emirates a 22 18 3 294 80

b 1099701 12421411 16859 2995110611 39653087

c 27752000 7200

Yemen a 4 2 2

b 3082 3648983 20443

Oceania a 58 36 3 4 82 308 6

b 987426 19964361 1299000 255600 100652651 119751944 4209020

c 9816000 157191

Australia a 36 29 3 3 76 231 3

b 947364 16638773 1299000 255600 99444362 116493085 1931120

c 4773000 19887

New Zealand a 17 7 1 6 75 3

b 15646 3325588 N/A 1208289 3258284 2277900

c 5043000 137304

Palau a 2

b 1733

Papua New Guinea a 3 2

b 22683 575

TOTALS PER

MEMER STATE

a 1660 1013 164 156 5720 11317 62 73

b 233829846 1145839299 113468000 59407221 11376868173 3257641306 52257000 35894599

c 43753618 294966000 53973159

d 5 15 14 91 65 3

14712/1/03 REV 1 40


Member States

Regions Coutries


e 1a, 3, 4, 7 2,3,4,7 2(3)3(9)4(1)7(6) 1(3) 2(12)

3(17) 4(17)

7(33) 8(1)

2, 3

14712/1/03 REV 1 41


Member States

Regions Coutries

Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden United

Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

North Africa a 11 4 7 7 1 95 270

b 20900225 5997830 100000 3618568 1069706337

c 15192755 110000 8620 6647950 200000 508800 22770125

19

1(2) 2(4) 3(2) 4(2) 7(1)

Algeria a 4 25 46

b 17703251 1669500 46651144

c 14993411 14993411

d 13

e 2(4) 3(7) 4(7) (7)

Libya a 5 5

b 332068 332068

c

d 5

e 1(5)

Morocco a 5 4 6 7 28 127

b 2200109 5997830 32595000 1039318600

c 183193 110000 8398 6647950 508800 7560341

d 1

e 3(1) 4(1)

Tunisia a 2 1 1 37 92

b 996865 100000 1590000 15972525

c 16151 222 200000 216373

Sub-Saharan

Africa

a 4 2 14 7 15 5 622 1156

b 1628552 890 2538050 150000 72667662 298496781

c 1313336 890 530000 216633 1176550 39000000 7520098 50375755

14712/1/03 REV 1 42


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 39

e 1(4) 2(5) 3(7) 4(7)

7(14)

Angola a 1 6 29 37

b 1602610 14000000 15647604

c 400000 1161200 1561200

d 1

e 3(1) 6(1)

Benin a 2 5

b 16717

c 30000 30000

d 1

e 7 (1)

Botswana a 1 1 35 65

b 1000000 23822833

c 10000 46111 360000 416111

Burkina Faso a 1 2

b 91782

c

d 4

e 1(1) 7(3)

Burundi d 2

e 4(2)

Cameroon a 10 31

b 1977085

d 1

e 2 (1)

Cape Verde a 1 1

Chad a 5 3 9

14712/1/03 REV 1 43


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 229126

c 169373 10000 179373

Congo (Republic

of)

a 4 5

b 426157

c

Congo (Dem.

Republic of)

a 8 10

b 1160 26302

d 3

e 1(3)

Djibouti a 2 5

b 599361

c

d 1

e 7(1) 8(1)

Equatorial Guinea a 6 6

b 1000000 1000000

Eritrea a 1 12 14

b 1500000 1610830

c 60000 60000

d 2

e 4 (2)

Ethiopia a 13 19

b 105994 5341427

Gabon a 2 17 35

b 890 500000 21770671

c 890 890

Ghana a 1 4 28 38

b 688050 62491 1799127

c 19775 15350 1600000 1635125

14712/1/03 REV 1 44


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 3

e 1(3)

Guinea a 5 5

Guinea-Bissau a 1 1

Ivory Coast a 14 20

b 850 1010358

c

d 6

e 3(1) 7(5)

Kenya a 2 1 54 65

b 229950 1000000 2139930

c 10000 600000 724000

d 2

e 7(2)

Lesotho a 2 2

Madagascar a 2 2

d 1

e 3(1)

Malawi a 3 14

b 2700 358281

Mali a 2 3

b 20854

Mauritania a 4 8

b 4289

c 15772 15772

Mauritius a 18 25

b 1500000 1629906

c 30000 30000

Mozambique a 5 5

b 20097 20097

Namibia a 2 13 49

14712/1/03 REV 1 45


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 17440 86221 582798

d 3

e 7(3)

Niger a 3 3

Nigeria a 41 50

b 7000000 98211588

c 10000 375000

d 4

e 2(1) 3(2) 4(3)

Senegal a 6 11

b 136620 232716

d 1

e 3(1) 4(1)

Seychelles a 2 2

Sierra Leone a 3 3

b 21750 21750

d 2

e 1(2)

Somalia a 4 4

b 15285 15285

South Africa a 3 9 1 2 5 232 480

b 1628552 150000 45500000 208388754

c 1189217 40000 1149 39000000 4870000 45212614

d 3

e 2(1) 4 (1) 7(2)

Sudan a 6 6

b 3545 3545

d 2

e 1(2)

Swaziland a 1 1

Tanzania a 20 76

14712/1/03 REV 1 46


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 67254 184484

c 27000

Togo a 3 7

b 296441

d 1

e 2(1) 3(1)

Uganda a 3 3

b 43600 43600

Zambia a 4 26

b 100000 194968

c 88572 10000 98572

d 1

e 4(1)

Zimbabwe a 3

b 168020

d 3

e 1(2) 3(1)

North America a 69 108 7 74 1715 3679

b 36930961 27867200 438045000 1783741627

c 35456653 146610000 1140622 14300460 345014100 544182081

d 3

e 2(3) 3(3) 4(1) 6(1)

Canada a 13 3 11 305 733

b 1262879 731770 2500000 30210000 226297744

c 5594883 753820 1600000 87084300 212492638

United States a 56 1 7 71 66 1410 3107

b 35668082 145 27135430 59000000 407835000 1977539560

c 29861770 145 1140622 13546640 50000000 257929800 366023588

d 3 3

e 2(3) 3(3) 4(1) 6(1) 2(3) 3(3) 4(1) 6(1)

14712/1/03 REV 1 47


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Central America

and the Carribean

a 2 283 199 587

b 4011498 1241510 46284289 89603431

c 2455505 797340 111300 3364145

d 29

e 2(6) 3(8) 4(2) 7(24)

Antigua and

Barbuda

a 2 2

b 1137 1137

Bahamas a 14 14

b 17490000 17490000

Barbados a 18 22

b 795000 821626

Belize a 5 7

b 11364

c 79500 79500

d 3

e 7(3)

Costa Rica a 5 8 21

b 95410 137320

c 137960 137960

d 7

e 3(1) 7(5) 8(1)

Cuba a 3 5 10

b 22700 18368 66322

14712/1/03 REV 1 48


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

c 22780 22780

Dominican

Republic

a 4 8 22

b 326340 3231922

c 2436439 2601439

d 5

e 2(1) 7(4)

El Salvador a 5 7 20

b 460730 34980 1064285

d 5

e 3(4) 4(1) 7(5)

Grenada a 1 1

Guatemala a 7 9

b 34860

d 2

e 3(1) 4(1) 7(2)

Haiti a 3 4

b 225650

d 3

e 2(2) 3(1)

Honduras a 9 11

b 21724 40978

d 3

e 2(3) 7(3)

Jamaica a 17 25

b 189256 380186

d 1

e 7(1)

Mexico a 2 4 11 57 134

b 4011498 318300 53000000 1590000 102698111

c 19066 636600 28000000 15900 32709566

14712/1/03 REV 1 49


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Nicaragua a 6 7

b 27381

d 1

e 2 (1) 7(1)

Panama a 2 8 14

b 18030 97197 336543

c 28000

Saint Kitts and

Nevis

a 1 1

Saint Lucia a 1 4

b 47448

Saint Vincent and

Grenadines

a 2 2

b 127200 127200

Trinidad and

Tobago

a 20 32

b 23906 108027

c 15900 15900

d 2

e 2(2)

South America a 36 3 9 2 44 15 477 1184

b 37118610 15166 14272760 16630000 25895522 466756137

c 6931342 15166 920000 213286 7965240 7000000 6916500 54310010

d 13 1 2 2 27

e 3(1) 7(1) 7(1) 8(1) 2(2) 3(2) 2(2) 3(16) 7(15) 8(2)

Argentina a 2 3 4 38 98

b 585243 536440 2385000 18199578

c 753063 10000 9230 270300 1151593

Bolivia a 3 11 24

b 15166 33052

c 15166 15166

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Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 1

e 3(1)

Brazil a 13 1 4 6 176 387

b 9804831 1786110 4600000 18285000 258680316

c 79768 390000 1778610 4000000 5517300 15108678

Chile a 4 4 7 7 77 306

b 84012 1457260 3350000 795000 46008724

c 79768 510000 3430 3000000 333900 4599574

Colombia a 1 6 32 59

b 5535160 302553 11943339

c 32842 438300 31800 502942

d 10

e 2(2) 3(9) 7(1)

Ecuador a 8 2 27 97

b 66030 4870 795000 15737195

c 208136 95400 441536

d 3

e 2(1) 7(2)

Guyana a 7 7

b 25279 25279

c 95400 95400

Paraguay a 2 12 15

b 0 1545

Peru a 2 1 4 27 52

b 3753 730830 127690 4071240

c 97430 10000 199 111629

d 1

e 3(1) 7(1)

Suriname a 3 5

b 483496

c 290000

14712/1/03 REV 1 51


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Uruguay a 1 3 28 37

b 23740 795000 1340834

c 180444 2108600 572400 2861444

Venezuela a 7 12 2 39 97

b 26574741 4198350 8680000 2385000 100089088

c 5713177 3625080 29130257

d 12

e 2(1) 3(3) 7(11) 8(1)

Central Asia a 44 115

b 7167720 31556870

d 2

e 4(1) 7(1)

Kazakhstan a 28 91

b 7155000 25140664

d 2

e 4(1) 7(1)

Kyrgyzstan a 1

b 2850

Tajikistan a 2 2

Turkmenistan a 9 11

b 12720 16876

Uzbekistan a 5 10

b 6396480

North East Asia a 23 25 1 22 1037 1768

b 30092795 46350000 25800 2000000 324388426 892972741

c 88960352 210000 34693800 127198331

d 3 1 6 26

e 1(6) 2(3) 4(9) 5(1) 6(1)

7(5) 8(4)

China (Mainland) a 7 203 287

b 22836976 79500000 209794157

14712/1/03 REV 1 52


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

c 40533731 31800 40565531

d 17

e 1(6) 2(3) 4(9) 5(1)

7(2) 8(4)

China (Hong Kong) a 1 109 128

b 25800 3975000 4100142

c 79500 79500

China (Macao) a 12 16

b 28426 59401

d 4

e 6(1) 7(3)

Korea (Democratic

Republic of)

a 6 11 371 646

b 1225964 96990000 402071671

c 40553731 7960000 10000 27713700 76291675

d 2

e 1(1) 4(1)

Japan a 5 1 22 198 476

b 1353546 2000000 85065000 141268878

c 740820 20000 200000 5883000 6854755

Mongolia a 8

b 27541

Taiwan a 5 13 144 207

b 4676309 58830000 89300951

c 7132070 38370000 985800 49756870

d 3

e 1(1) 4(2)

South East Asia a 65 14 21 33 1014 1995

14712/1/03 REV 1 53


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 77960930 4138330 40460000 235717500 744765101

c 55112291 8360000 2894390 52400000 33040200 160184859

d 23

e 1(1) 2(4) 3(11) 4(2)

5(1) 7(8) 8(1)

Brunei a 2 1 1 88 146

b 549255 100000 8745000 25592328

c 534595 10000 938100 5940695

Cambodia a 8 8

b 10504 10504

d 1

e 7(1)

East Timor a 1 3

b 8535 198111

Indonesia a 1 2 1 199 229

b 726390 100000 65190000 103396199

c 960000 725040 100000 3386700 5171740

d 12

e 2(4) 3(11) 7(3)

Laos a 3 4

b 812

Malaysia a 24 6 10 5 214 405

b 27338442 1871060 2860000 107325000 205672453

c 42023477 4520000 1787650 3000000 20256600 72683727

Myanmar d 1

e 1(1

Philippines a 2 3 39 71

b 70093 1521580 192794 9829181

c 522635 207210 492900 1255745

14712/1/03 REV 1 54


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 5

e 3(3) 7(4)

Singapore a 26 1 1 20 307 640

b 46047952 2220 33000000 38160000 358042431

c 9997835 530000 45500000 6201000 63498056

d 1

e 5 (1)

Thailand a 11 5 5 6 128 453

b 3955188 17080 4400000 11925000 36611825

c 2033749 2320000 174500 2500000 1764900 10314906

d 1

e 7(1)

Vietnam a 27 36

b 3180000 4230490

c 1300000 1300000

d 4

e 2(1) 4(3) 5(1) 8(1)

South Asia a 43 3 3 2 12 1279 2338

b 41864573 3670700 37590000 234736833 1097082736

c 25990823 620000 222 3389810 840000 111045600 148553455

d 63

e 1(2) 2(11) 3(6) 4(23)

5(4) 6(4) 7(11) 8(1)

Afghanistan a 8 14

b 795000 1928458

Bangladesh a 2 1 40 96

b 810475 14310000 15882182

c 810475 520000 588300 1918775

d 1

e 3(1)

Bhutan a 2 3

14712/1/03 REV 1 55


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 17490 17793

India a 30 2 1 9 959 1657

b 37461745 3608620 32000000 187620000 758733997

c 7614090 100000 3389810 700000 109678200 125983100

d 20

e 1(2) 2(1) 3(1) 4(16)

5(2) 7(5)

Maldives a 7 9

b 232504 305361

c 38000

Nepal a 13 19

b 795000 27312502

c 174900 2302900

d 6

e 2(2) 3(6)

Pakistan a 11 3 203 488

b 3592353 5590000 23850000 285823507

c 17566258 140000 477000 18183258

d 30

e 1(1) 2(1) 4(26) 5(2)

7(8) 8 (3)

Sri Lanka a 3 1 47 52

b 62080 2385000 2447097

c 222 127200 127422

d 9

e 2(8) 3(1) 6(4)

European Union a 217 6 687 25 301 229 3531 11559

b 378012981 29054 443980060 380450000 742930521 5645330483

c 159409378 29054 186090000 3474188 229413860 117700000 501215700 1267759549

Austria a 5 14 2 16 109 515

14712/1/03 REV 1 56


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 1124575 810 14000000 3180000 47391159

c 19046493 1030000 5500000 1415100 28775614

Belgium a 25 9 17 9 194 665

b 2069563 3076500 3700000 6360000 141913638

c 3725034 3211067 1184320 1550000 4992600 14673865

Denmark a 8 13 33000 17 196 33431

b 3620188 5500000 4770000 157982913

c 14224992 870000 9500000 10319100 35138538

Denmark

(Greenland)

a 7 16

b 397500 426835

Denmark (Faroes) a 11 11

Finland a 3 15 1 38 151 354

b 358699 290 256000000 8745000 338442130

c 5336 550000 8700000 13292400 22551736

France a 18 79 6 76 14 535 1310

b 66564953 61033100 4650000 270300000 625986154

c 18274988 21890000 120491 5581280 52000000 61771500 161431419

France (New

Caledonia)

a 2 14

b 31472

c 10000 10000

Germany a 33 3 414 3 65 68 465 1467

b 28439624 400 124241100 80600000 128790000 723009275

c 23020090 400 75360000 81273 61507470 23600000 203154300 389909713

Greece a 34 35 2 10 8 171 678

b 15714139 16934720 10000000 57240000 933518862

c 22785853 46780000 6838 4199320 300000 143100 75960345

Ireland a 2 2 1 4 190 245

b 91782 700000 6360000 15820554

c 1130000 10400 1000000 763200 3159478

14712/1/03 REV 1 57


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Italy a 1 8 3 57 11 412 1264

b 12192 90933900 600000 49290000 429590999

c 12192 4990000 21111 71639500 1300000 156567300 238006215

Luxembourg a 3 12 2 134 221

b 201669 0 500000 795000 8605551

c 1416243 244750 1160700 3755174

Netherlands a 8 4 4 12 256 919

b 1278369 2529030 1000000 96990000 371985067

c 5277235 18100000 473660 5500000 9158400 42292942

d

e

Netherlands

(Netherlands

Antilles

a 5 7

b 3021 33102

Portugal a 5 2 4 1 3 154 301

b 1105989 100 208160 100000 1590000 98271993

c 427903 100 470000 40000 9269700 11515208

Spain a 46 17 10 276 1069

b 246250146 100000 31800000 751028411

c 18229459 1030000 1300000 13960200 35082801

Sweden a 5 15 1 263 738

b 960900 0 76320000 283223697

c 5673365 2700000 15248100 66300443

United Kingdom a 22 66 1 55 17 1334

b 10232385 145022450 3000000 718042308

c 27302387 11190000 23008 84550540 7400000 139146676

Other European

countries

a 64 4 54 11 43 102 1288 6820

b 98600364 12731 7260590 17130000 258970326 1653217054

c 55631098 12731 29140000 938608 674930 58583000 121428300 275478607

14712/1/03 REV 1 58


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 18 62

e 2(3) 3(9) 4(7) 5(1) 6(2)

7(38)

Albania a 11 13

b 74542 150138

Andorra a 16 4 52

b 64310 401625

c 34430 34430

d 3

e 7(3)

Armenia a 5 6

b 8779

Azerbaijan a 18 23

b 33977 343886

d 1

e 3(1)

Belarus a 8 45

b 233730 610279

c

d 5

e 2(1) 3(1) 7(4)

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

a 9 16

b 58121 677516

d 2

e 1(2)

Bulgaria a 1 2 27 100

b 514590 2385000 6991744

c 440000 3000 450320

d 13

e 7(13)

14712/1/03 REV 1 59


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Croatia a 2 25 106

b 2385000 8129318

c 140000 250000 15900 405900

d 1

e 4(1)

Cyprus a 1 65 130

b 15615 795000 129754374

c 47700 115700

d 3

e 3(3)

Czech Republic a 2 2 1 11 83 600

b 49376339 3000 850000 6360000 86243808

c 7942232 10000 300000 1574100 10217060

Estonia a 3 23 77

b 50000 2385000 3829717

c 400000 15900 501820

Georgia a 10 40

b 5098 46375

d 3

e 2(1) 3(3) 4(1) 7(2)

Holy See a 1

b 1500000

Hungary a 1 1 5 37 241

b 26978 80000 3975000 22380132

c 10000 90000 31800 131800

Iceland a 3 37 75

b 50000 182739 506920

c 10000 95400 109800

Latvia a 3 19 112

b 1000000 795000 4870644

c 44349

14712/1/03 REV 1 60


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 8

e 7(8)

Liechtenstein a 5 17

b 285534

Lithuania a 24 120

b 795000 37448692

c 20000 1287900 1400891

Former Yugoslav

Republic of

Macedonia

a 4 15

b 160419

d 2

e 3(2) 7(1)

Malta a 1 27 34

b 212400 7155000 7513320

c 47700 88700

Moldavia a 1 4 9

b 63980 919 312646

c 63980 63980

Monaco a 6 6

Norway a 3 13 10 11 38 196 802

b 3036350 3551070 7000000 13515000 205745651

c 1050000 741138 500100 18000000 27968100 49846935

Poland a 6 1 1 68 433

b 15129915 397 9540000 166279138

c 2496052 397 10000 30000 2635231

Romania a 6 2 2 51 270

b 6082419 100000 5565000 18197581

c 6873460 10000 5000 6888460

d 1

14712/1/03 REV 1 61


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

e 7(1)

Russian Federation a 8 72 488

b 600000 55650000 73044585

c 100000 15900 115900

d 11

e 2(1) 3(4) 4(1) 6(1) 7

(6)

Slovakia a 1 2 40 253

b 100000 2385000 8467173

c 30000 10000 63600 562105

Slovenia a 2 33 301

b 200785 2385000 23335474

St Marino a 5 33

b 6201 51521

Switzerland a 14 3 15 7 24 165 1592

b 4113457 12134 71600 7000000 96195000 371056681

c 19182668 12134 5610000 20210 39000000 34328100 99275949

d 1

e 5(1) 7 (1)

Turkey a 28 16 1 5 3 182 607

b 20406106 2992040 300000 43725000 469179621

c 19136686 21830000 197470 56210 300000 55888500 100692866

Ukraine a 25 136

b 2385000 4489548

d 8

e 4(1) 7(7)

Serbia and

Montenegro

a 54

b 1159915

d 8

14712/1/03 REV 1 62


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

e 3(1) 4(3) 5(4) 6(1) 7(2)

8(1)

Middle East a 69 32 43 11 1343 3518

b 138845164 55304700 14700000 441055055 6425306051

c 23772246 31010000 7442670 2850000 184800000 330660448

d 95

e 2(44) 3(55) 4(25) 5(2)

6(14) 7(6)

Bahrain a 6 4 1 69 106

b 242460 100000 3000000 10024871

c 1569474 240000 20000 210000 2039474

Egypt a 11 1 5 1 116 462

b 5578461 4117010 100000 27500000 168342785

c 1705741 10000 1504890 5090000 12840894

d 8

e 1(1) 2(3) 4(2) 5(1)

Iran a 5 78 99

b 23946000 11000000 49927582

c 350 350

d 8

e 1(1) 3(1) 4(7) 6(3)

Iraq a 11 12

b 2000000 2926500

Israel a 4 13 188 589

b 8455 2530860 10000000 224440677

c 928795 1597100 2170000 4695895

d 66

e 2(41) 3(57) 4(18)

6(16) 7(4)

Jordan a 2 2 100 165

14712/1/03 REV 1 63


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

b 72410 760 17500000 24760712

c 483870 38340000 39462800

d 3

e 4(3) 7(1)

Kuwait a 10 2 4 5 94 214

b 82925878 1832940 500000 14500000 137952446

c 183193 2170000 1850760 10640000 15328953

Lebanon a 1 25 48

b 64120 1000000 3582030

c 468000

d 1 3

e 3 3(1) 4(1) 7(1)

Oman a 16 3 151 474

b 7746615 304000000 452773005

c 528709 2580000 30000 46040000 50176709

Palestinian

controlled territories

a 1

b 238622

c

d

e

Qatar a 3 13 5 84 244

b 315673 375610 3000000 58712616

c 17323 1580000 25600 3160000 5878923

Saudi Arabia a 8 1 141 358

b 29114187 29000000 2170601989

c 33011 20980000 100000 6356000 129573150

Syria a 1 11 19

b 12563915 3541 13813923

c 18806000 18806000

14712/1/03 REV 1 64


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

d 9

e 3(2) 4(8) 5(2) 6(2)

United Arab

Emirates

a 8 6 8 4 265 708

b 277110 22437400 14000000 18500000 3103516179

c 339.000.000 1980100 2700000 15500000 386939300

d 1

e 4(1)

Yemen a 2 10 20

b 31170 3703678

c 150000 150000

d 1

e 5(1)

Oceania a 19 4 1 1 30 472 1024

b 3658896 12600 15400000 28735073 294926571

c 1024486 190000 86633 6600 13400000 37539900 62220810

Australia a 16 3 1 25 275 701

b 3583376 12600 15000000 25440000 281045280

c 863184 180000 6600 13000000 37412700 56255371

Fiji a 1 6 7

b 19602 19602

c 86633 86633

Nauru c 31800 31800

New Zealand a 2 1 5 175 292

b 74716 400000 3180000 13740423

c 161302 10000 400000 95400 5847006

Palau a 2

b 1733

Papua New Guinea a 9 14

b 63672 86930

Samoa a 2 2

14712/1/03 REV 1 65


Member States

Regions Coutries


Kingdom

Total EU

per destination

Solomon Islands a 2 2

Tonga a 1 1 2

b 804 804

Vanuatu a 2 2

TOTALS PER

MEMBER STATE

a 622 16 958 63 575 548 13116 36063

b 869625549 57986 566310130 638099371 3197466743 21546765229

c 471250265 57986 450330000 6078814 274709800 373182903 1497303000 3465605545

d 71 7 3 8 10 120 412

e 1(7) 3(11) 4(7)

5(2) 7(44)

3(4) 4(4) 6(3)

7(2) 8(1)

3(2) 4(2) 7(2) 7(8) 4(8), 3(1), 7(1) 1(6) 2(67) 3(59)

4(36) 5(6) 6(21)

7(22) 8(0)

1(23) 2(83) 3(104)

4(77) 5(8) 6(24)

7(127) 8(2)

14712/1/03 REV 1 66


TABLE B

Total number of consulations initiated and total number of consultations received by each

Member State

Member State No of consultations initiated

No of consultations Received

Austria

11 1

Belgium

3 6

Denmark

0 0

Finland

3 4

France

17 7

Germany

19 5

Greece

0 0

Ireland

0 0

Italy

2 7

Luxembourg

0 0

Netherlands

1 2

Portugal

1 0

Spain

0 2

Sweden

0 4

United Kingdom

11 10

TOTALS

68 48

14712/1/03 REV 1 67


TABLE C National reports on arms exports are available in paper form or on the Internet at the following locations: Belgium: diplobel.fgov.be Denmark: Paper: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, N.SP, Asiatisk Plads 2,

DK-1448 Copenhagen K, Denmark or Internet: www.um.dk English summary. Full report in Danish only. Finland: www.defmin.fi/index.phtml/page_id/75/topmenu_id/5/menu_id/75/

this_topmenu/65/lang/3/fs/12 France: www.defense.gouv.fr/actualités/dossier/d49/index.html

Germany: http://www.bmwa.bund.de/Navigation/Service/Englisch/publications,page=1.html

or: www.bmwa.bund.de , select "english", select "publications"

Ireland: www.irlgov.ie/iveagh

Italy: www.camera.it, select “attività parlamentare”, select “lavori”, select “documenti

parlamentari”, select “doc LXVII” Netherlands: www.exportcontrole.ez.nl Portugal: www.mdn.gov.pt Spain: www.mcx.es/sgcomex/mddu Sweden: www.utrikes.regeringen.se/inenglish/pressinfo/information/

Publications.htm United Kingdom: www.fco.gov.uk

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